Christopher Meeks to Read at Book Soup - Sunday, July 19, 7 p.m.

July 15th, 2009 | Posted by: Christopher Meeks

  • Backword Books author Christopher Meeks will be reading from his new novel, The Brightest Moon of the Century, on Sunday, July 19th, 7 p.m. at the famous Book Soup bookstore in West Los Angeles. He’ll be joined by four fellow UCLA Extension instructors who will also read brief selections from their new novels.  They will [...]

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  • A review, and a July 15 ‘net interview at noon

    July 15th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi

  • Join author Kristen Tsetsi at www.homefrontinfocus.com at noon, CST, where she’ll discuss “Homefront” with host Beth Williams on blog talk radio.

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  • On Being Reviewed

    July 15th, 2009 | Posted by: Christopher Meeks

  • Part of my past includes stints as a book reviewer, first at the Los Angeles Daily News, then for the now-defunct Herald-Examiner. After that, I reviewed theatre for eight years with Daily Variety. I never saw reviewing as a sport. I wasn’t out to “get” anyone or to have fun at his or her expense. [...]

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  • Why NOT wait to be picked up by a mainstream publisher?

    July 12th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi

  • I remembered a post from my other blog that’s certainly still relevant, and that answers not only the question “Why keep marketing?” but also, “Why not wait for a real publisher who’ll get you into bookstores so you don’t have to worry about all of the inevitable rejection even after you think you’ve reached a point you once thought would mean certain respect and Real Author consideration?”

    The answer:

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  • News

    July 9th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi

  • Backword Books is planning some things.
    I can’t tell you what, yet. And not because I don’t know. I do know. But it’s too early to tell you. All I can tell you is that what’s planned will be interactive. And fun.
    Follow our blog for updates, coming soon.

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  • The Stages of Michael Jackson

    July 4th, 2009 | Posted by: Henry Baum

  • I’ve become fairly obsessed with the Michael Jackson story. At first I was totally puzzled by the outpouring. As a father, even if someone has the hint of abusing children that should be a major part of the person’s story. Though I have to admit, writers like Woody Allen and Dostoevsky have [...]

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  • “The German Woman” author Paul Griner reviews “Homefront”

    July 4th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi

  • Homefront is where most of us spent the Iraq war; reading it makes vividly clear that those who were closest to its combatants—whatever their politics or beliefs—suffered enormously too, and still found the strength to struggle on.

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  • J.D. Salinger and “The Catcher in the Rye”

    July 3rd, 2009 | Posted by: Christopher Meeks

  • Writing about publishing isn’t the only thing we do here. It’s also a place to talk about books of all sorts. I happen to be a huge J.D. Salinger fan, mainly because he influenced me so positively when I was younger. Recently, I’ve come to rethink his earlier and later work.
     
    His 1951 iconic novel [...]

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  • My DIY Life

    July 1st, 2009 | Posted by: Henry Baum

  • In my quest to figure out why I’ve become a self-publishing zealot supporter, I’ve come to realize that all points in my life have been pointing in this direction. My novels themselves have an outside-looking-in quality. My first novel, The Golden Calf, is about a celebrity stalker – a man who comes to [...]

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  • The Road to NPR

    June 28th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi

  • As a cab driver, I’d listened to NPR every morning and every evening (it was a 12-hour shift) and heard countless authors being interviewed. I fantasized about one day being one of those authors. (But it wasn’t a realistic fantasy; it’s like dreaming of being on Oprah. You can be pretty sure it’s never going to happen.)

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